SCHMID BROS. v. W. GOEBEL PORZELLANFABRIK

No. 77 C 1419.

589 F.Supp. 497 (1984)

SCHMID BROTHERS, INC., Plaintiff, v. W. GOEBEL PORZELLANFABRIK KG. and Portfolio Press Corp., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

June 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Herrmann, Boston, Mass., Wormser, Kiely, Alessandroni, Hyde & McCann, New York City (Lawrence McKenna, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond, New York City (Granville M. Brumbaugh, Richard G. Fuller, Jr., James N. Buckner, New York City, of counsel), for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NICKERSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Schmid Brothers, Inc. (Schmid), a Massachusetts corporation, invoking jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), seeks a judgment that it is co-proprietor of United States renewal copyrights in five works, two plaques and three figurines, allegedly co-authored by the well known artist, Sister Berta Hummel (Sister Hummel). Defendants are W. Goebel Porzellanfabrik K.G. (Goebel), a German limited partnership...

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